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  2. Marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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    From 1852 until 1890, the LDS Church openly authorized polygamous marriages between one man and multiple wives, though polygamous families continued cohabitating into the 1940s and 1950s. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Today, the church is opposed to such marriages and excommunicates members who participate in them or publicly teach that they are sanctioned by God.

  3. Current state of polygamy in the Latter Day Saint movement

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    Many of his actions were in direct violation of 2003 House Bill 307 outlining child bigamy laws. He was arrested on multiple counts of being an accomplice to rape and forcing a 14 year old girl to marry her 19 year old cousin. The girl testified in court against Jeffs and in 2007, and he was sentenced to two terms of five years to life in ...

  4. Mormonism and polygamy - Wikipedia

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    Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890 by between 20 and 30 percent of Latter-day Saint families.

  5. Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Whitney Leavitt Gives Birth to ...

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    The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt welcomed her third baby with husband Connor Leavitt following the reality show’s premiere. Whitney and Connor welcomed son Billy Gene ...

  6. Origin of Latter Day Saint polygamy - Wikipedia

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    Following Hyrum, Joseph Smith said [104] "they make a criminality for a man to have a wife on earth while he has one in heaven" and that "the Revelation was given in view of eternity": [101] [104] 'He received for answer, men in this life must marry in view of eternity, otherwise they must remain as angels, or be single in heaven, which was the ...

  7. “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives ”Star Whitney Leavitt and ...

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    Related: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' 10 Biggest Bombshell Moments, from a Chippendales Visit to an Arrest The couple's new arrival joins their 2-year-old son Liam and 4-year-old daughter ...

  8. All the TikTok and Instagram handles of 'The Secret Lives of ...

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    Mayci, 29, is another original member of the Mormon #Momtok group. In an Instagram post shared in February, Mayci said she got pregnant with her first child at 19, but the son's father died in a ...

  9. List of Latter Day Saint practitioners of plural marriage

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    Along the Mormon Trail, Stillman lost to disease and death not only his second wife at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, but also — almost incomprehensibly and in utterly devastating circumstances — 8 children from both his first and second marriages (including 18-year-old Abigail, a plural bride of Presiding Bishop Newell K. Whitney).